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On June 24, 2007, at the General Assembly in Portland, Oregon, our Fellowship received our official Green Sanctuary Certification from the Unitarian Universalist Ministry for Earth! We were one of 9 other Fellowships from around the country to receive this honor, presented to us during the final Plenary Session on the last day of the General Assembly! Many thanks to all our hard-working

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At our annual meeting on June 3, 2007, our Fellowship unanimously passed a Resolution approving the application for accreditation for Green Sanctuary status as submitted by our Fellowship's Green Sanctuary Committee to the UU Ministry for Earth. In addition, the Resolution acknowledged the following: "We understand that the Application for Accreditation and action plan that we have completed is

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On May 14, 2007, we submitted our 19-page application for Green Sanctuary Accreditation (PDF), which we hope will be approved by a congregational vote at our June 3, 2007 annual meeting, and then by the UU Ministry for Earth. The goals of the Green Sanctuary effort are: To build awareness of societal environmental issues among UUs. To build awareness of and rectify environmental injustices.To

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The Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Visalia is donating a thousand light bulbs to the small rural community of London (population - 2000) in Tulare County. "We wanted to create a pilot project that would help directly reduce global warming emissions," said April Hill, President of the congregation. The congregation is a member of the California Interfaith Power & Light program for

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On Earth Day 2007, the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Visalia celebrated Earth Day with a special program entitled, "Change a Light, Change the World," presented by Green Sanctuary Chair, Harold Wood. The Power Point presentation explained the wastefulness of conventional incandescent light bulbs, and the much more efficient compact fluorescent (CFL) and LED lights now available. Going

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April 11, 2007 - Retired electrical engineer David Hodges came up with a plan for his church, the UU Fellowship in Visalia, Calif., to give two energy-saving compact fluorescent light bulbs to every home in the nearby low-income town of London as part of a Green Sanctuary social justice project. (The Fresno Bee)

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We had a quick meeting tonight. The stores we've talked to about CFLs for our Action Project haven't had time to respond, plus we will likely need to follow up on each of them individually. We're exploring the idea of a Talent & Service Auction, which will depend on what our fundraising goal ultimately turns out to be. We're celebrating the installation of our Energy Star Refrigerator! That

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I. GREEN SANCTUARY 1. "Choices for Sustainable Living" Discussion course started January 18, 2007, with 13 persons. We will meet together for the opening and refreshments afterward, but split into two groups for discussion. 2. Action Project: Don has contacted PG & E who are sending some information packets they are willing to give us, but they indicated they are not able to provide the

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We had a short meeting this time. We are making steady progress on all our projects. Two of our project have some minor glitches: 1. Our Social Justice Outreach for Compact Flourescent Bulbs for Low-Income - we're experiencing delays in PG & E getting back to us on this issue. We will perservere! 2. In shopping for an Energy Star Refrigerator for the Meeting House, the Energy Star models we

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A. GREEN SANCTUARY 1. "Choices for Sustainable Living" Northwest Earth Institute Discussion Course starting January 18, 2007. - Location - We are still investigating several possibilities. - Publicity - Announcement has been sent to: Sierra Club, Audubon, Sequoia Riverlands Trust - Sign-ups - 7 so far; Harold will order first set of Workbooks 2. Action Project - CFL Project --

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A. GREEN SANCTUARY 1. Choices for Sustainable Living Northwest Earth Institute Discussion Course will start January 18, 2007, and will continue every other Thursday after that until 5/10/07. - Location - We will see if we can reserve the TCOE Board Room. - Publicity - Outreach to other groups - Sign-ups- We have 6 sign-ups already; participants need to pay $15.00 to Harold to obtain the

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A. GREEN SANCTUARY 1. Small Group Reading and Discussion Group. After considering congregational interests, our Fellowship will sponsor, starting October 17 at 7 p.m., a small group discussion group on Articulating Your UU Faith. April will order an extra copy of the materials. We will postpone the proposed discussion group The Great Turning by David C. Korten perhaps to next spring. Harold

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Our Green Sanctuary Committee met August 13, 2006 to plan the next steps on our Action Plan. We already have 1 of our 12 "Action Items" completed (our spring presentation on Renewable Energy Certificates)! We will coordinate with the Worship Committee to prepare a minimum of six additional "green" topics during the upcoming "church year." Harold plans sermons on the UUA Statement of Conscience

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The Unitarian Universalist Ministry for Earth on August 3, 2006 approved our status as a Green Sanctuary candidate congregation! They were imporessed with the ambitious program we proposed, especially with a congregation as small as ours. They encouraged us to find ways to integrate children into our activities, which we would certainly like to do. Our program is diverse, well-balanced, and

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The Unitarian-Universalist Association has just adopted a strong Statement of Conscience on Global Warming/Climate Change: "As Unitarian Universalists, we are called by our Seventh Principle to affirm and promote 'respect for the interdependent web of all existence of which we are a part.' We envision a world in which all people

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Our Fellowship is sponsoring a Summer Discussion Series on Thoreau as Spiritual Guide: Walden as a Guide for Spiritual Renewal and Transformation Sundays, 5 p.m., beginning June 11, 2006 through July 30, 2006. at Friends Meeting House, 17208 Avenue 296, Visalia, California Our guidebooks for this summer's series will be: Walden by Henry David Thoreau Many editions available - including free on

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On May 7, 2006, our Fellowship hosted Teri Van Huss, of EIS Consulting and Sequoia Riverlands Trust, who gave a wonderful and useful presentation for "being the change you want to see:" "Ideas for Non-Toxic Homes"

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On April 26, 2006, the Green Sanctuary Committee and the Board of the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Visalia applied to the UU Ministry for Earth for candidate status as a Green Sanctuary. This blog (web page) will track our progress as we work toward final certification. Documents: Action Plan - Word format Environmental Audit - Word format Charter - HTML

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